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Has BP damaged Palin‘s 2012 bid?

Has BP damaged Palin‘s 2012 bid?

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What now for the ‘Drill Baby, Drill’ advocates? So far, the majority of the focus of the BP oil spill story has focussed on the executives of the company and on how the US government’s response is likely to affect President Obama. That’s understandable but beyond the immediate concerns about fixing the leak, there are bigger questions about America’s energy policy to answer, ones that could have a direct bearing on the next presidential campaign. Now’s a good time to…

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Pounds for Pence? (Or is Barbour a snip?)

Pounds for Pence? (Or is Barbour a snip?)

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Wikimedia Commons Peter the Punter looks at the 2012 White House market If there is anybody out there who does not yet know about Mike Smithson’s prediction that Barack Obama, then a 50/1 outsider, would win the US Presidency three years later, they had better acknowledge it now. Trying to follow that astonishing piece of tipping is surely sticking one’s neck out but PB is not for the fainthearted: so when California Girl, the latest recruit to my long list…

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Will Obama be a One-Term Wonder?

Will Obama be a One-Term Wonder?

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Could healthcare be his ‘No We Can’t’ moment? It’s coming up to a year since the last US presidential election and the shine has come off Obama’s presidency quite rapidly. His approval ratings with Rasmussen went negative during July having started off at around +30%. That’s a measure of those with a strong opinion rather than the balance of all expressing a positive or negative view (which is just about equal), but in a country where the turnout is comparatively…

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2012 Prospects: The Barracuda

2012 Prospects: The Barracuda

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A Guest Article from Socrates There has been much talk over Sarah Palin’s shock announcement that she is resigning from her post as Governor of Alaska before the end of the first term. The primary questions in much of the coverage have been “What the hell is she up to?” and “Why on Earth does this help her?” I am convinced the answers are quite straight forward: Sarah Palin has decided to run for the 2012 Republican nomination for the…

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What’s Sarah Palin up to?

What’s Sarah Palin up to?

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Is her resignation a masterstroke or a blunder? It could be the start of the 2012 presidential election campaign or it could be the end of that of 2008.  Former Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s decision to resign as Governor of Alaska later this month has raised a lot of questions but answered few. In her announcement, in which she rambled and at times rivalled John Prescott’s ability to string non-sequiturs together, she gave few reasons other than the pressures…

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Has Bobby blown his chances for 2012?

Has Bobby blown his chances for 2012?

Can Huntsman backers breathe a sign of relief? The Fox News coverage of Bobby Jindal’s response to Obama’s big speech overnight says it all. The 37 year old Oxford alumnus who had risen sharply to become the Republicans great hope had the national spotlight on him when he came to give his party’s response. This was a great opportunity for the young man whose parents arrived in the US as immigrants from India shortly before he was born. And judging…

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Is this the first skirmish of the 2012 race?

Is this the first skirmish of the 2012 race?

Can Huntsman impede the Bobby Jindal bandwagon? Today’s a big day in the 2012 race for the White House with prominent Republicans trying to position themselves as the best person to take on Barack Obama. Governors have been holding one of their regular meetings and tonight the young bright hope for the party, the Oxford-educated Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, will be making his party’s response to Obama’s address to a joint session of congress. This is a big moment…

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Is this the day to bet AGAINST Barack?

Is this the day to bet AGAINST Barack?

Will his popularity never be as high as this? So we are here, January the twentieth 2009 when the 44th President of the United State will be sworn in at noon Washington time (5pm GMT) As we have seen in the media build-up this is much more than an American occasion for the eyes and hopes of the world will be on the US capital today and there will be overwhelming goodwill towards the new man. It helps that he…

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